Proviso.

Further proviso.

Counsel with teachers, etc.

Assistant conductor of institutes.

As to reports of school inspectors.

Annual reports.

Other duties.

Compensation of commissioner, by whom determined, etc.

twenty or more districts the commissioner of schools is hereby authorized to appoint such assistants as may be necessary, who shall perform such duties as said commissioner shall direct: Provided, That in counties containing less than one hundred twenty districts such assistants shall be appointed with the consent of the board of supervisors: Provided further, That the whole expense incurred by such assistants shall not exceed the sum of ninety dollars in one year in any county;

Seventh, To counsel with the teachers and the school boards as to the course of study to be pursued, and as to any improvement in the discipline and instruction in the schools, and he may examine and audit the books and records of any school district at any time when directed to do so by the Superintendent of Public Instruction or by application of any school board;

Eighth, To promote, by such means as he or she may devise, the improvement of the schools in the county, and the elevation of the character and the qualifications of the teachers and officers thereof, and act as assistant conductor of institutes appointed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and perform such other duties pertaining thereto as the superintendent shall require;

Ninth, To receive the duplicate annual reports of the several boards of school inspectors, examine into the correctness of the same, requiring them to be amended when necessary, endorse his or her approval upon them, and immediately thereafter, and before the fifteenth day of September in each year, transmit to the Superintendent of Public Instruction one copy of each said reports and file the other in the office of the county clerk;

Tenth, To be subject to such instructions and rules as the Superintendent of Public Instruction may prescribe; to receive all blanks and communications that may be sent to him or her by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and to dispose of the same as directed by the said superintendent, and to make annual reports at the close of the school year to the Superintendent of Public Instruction of his or her official labors, and of the schools of the county, together with such other information as may be required;

Eleventh, To perform such other duties as may be required of him or her by law, and at the close of the term of office to deliver all records, books and papers belonging to the office to his or her successor.

4817. SEC. 10. The compensation of each county commissioner of schools shall be determined by the board of supervisors of each county respectively, and may be increased or diminished at any October session of said board but the compensation shall not be fixed at a sum less than five hundred dollars per annum in any county where there are fifty schoolrooms under his or her supervision; at not less than one thousand dollars per annum where there are one hundred school

rooms under his supervision; and not less than twelve hun-
dred dollars where there are one hundred twenty-five school-
rooms under his supervision, and in no case shall such
compensation exceed the sum of eighteen hundred dollars
per annum: Provided, That in estimating the number of Proviso.
schoolrooms in any county all graded schools operating under

aminers, com

a general charter shall be included. Each member of the School ex-
board of school examiners other than the county commis- pensation of.
sioner shall receive four dollars for each day actually em-
ployed in the duties of his office. The compensation of any Assistant.
assistant, when appointed as provided in this act, shall be
determined by the county commissioner, but in no case shall
it exceed three dollars for each day employed. The compen- How paid.
sation of members of the county board of school examiners
and of any assistant shall be paid quarterly from the county
treasury, upon such examiner or assistant filing with the
county clerk a certified statement of his or her account,
which shall give in separate items the nature and amount of
the service for each day for which compensation is claimed.
The compensation of the county commissioner shall be paid
quarterly from the county treasury: Provided, That in no Proviso.
case shall the county commissioner receive any order for
compensation from the county clerk until he has filed a cer-
tified statement from the Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion that all reports required of the county commissioner
have been properly made and filed with said superintendent:
Provided further, That no county commissioner shall receive Further proviso.
an order for compensation until he shall have filed with the
county clerk a detailed statement under oath showing what
schools have been visited by him during the preceding quarter
and what amount of time was employed in each school, nam-
ing the township and school district. The necessary contin- Expenses.
gent expenses of the commissioner for printing, postage,
stationery, record books, telephone rental, rent of rooms for
public examination and grading registers shall be audited
and allowed by the board of supervisors of the county. The
necessary traveling expenses of the county commissioner of
schools, incurred while performing the duties required by
this act, may be audited and allowed by a two-thirds vote of
the board of supervisors; but no traveling expenses shall be
allowed any school examiner or assistant appointed by the
county commissioner of schools.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved June 1, 1905.

Section

amended.

Meeting of board, when held.

etc.

[No. 149.]

AN ACT to amend section seventy-two of an act, entitled "Of the powers and duties of townships, and election and duties of township officers," the same being section two thousand three hundred forty-five of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section seventy-two of an act, entitled "Of the powers and duties of townships, and election and duties of township officers," being section two thousand three hundred forty-five of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninetyseven, is amended so as to read as follows:

SEC. 72. The township board shall meet annually on the second Tuesday next preceding the annual township meeting Claims audited, to be held in such township, for the purpose of auditing and settling all claims against the township; and they shall state on each account the amount allowed by them; and the amounts allowed by them shall be paid by the treasurer, on the order of the board, signed by their clerk, and countersigned by the chairman of the board. Approved June 1, 1905.

Paid by treasurer.

Section amended.

Salary in

11th circuit.

[No. 150.]

AN ACT to amend section twenty-four of act number one hundred eighty-three of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment and to fix the term of office, duties and compensation of circuit court stenographers in the State of Michigan," approved May twenty-nine, eighteen hundred ninety-seven.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section twenty-four of act number one hundred eighty-three of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninetyseven, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment and to fix the term of office, duties and compensation of circuit court stenographers in the State of Michigan," approved May twenty-nine, eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 24. In the eleventh circuit the stenographer shall be
paid an annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved June 1, 1905.

[No. 151.]

AN ACT to provide for the lawful taking of white fish in the waters of Torch lake in the counties of Antrim and Kalkaska, Michigan, by means of a spear.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

spear.

SECTION 1. It shall be lawful for any person, between the When lawful first and thirtieth days of November of each year, to take to take with white fish in the waters of Torch lake, in the counties of Antrim and Kalkaska, Michigan, by means of a spear. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved June 1, 1905.

[No. 152.]

AN ACT making appropriations for building and special purposes for the State House of Correction and Branch Prison, Upper Peninsula, for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred six, and to provide a tax therefor.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

appropriation.

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year Amount of ending June thirty, nineteen hundred six, for the State House of Correction and Branch Prison, Upper Peninsula, the sum of fourteen thousand eight hundred eleven dollars, for purposes and amounts as follows: Nine thousand dollars for Purposes. installing new boilers, vacuum heating apparatus, etc., fifteen hundred dollars for general repairs, five hundred thirty-five dollars for hose, two hundred fifty dollars for piano, one hundred fifty-six dollars for fire extinguishers, one thousand dollars for farm, garden, stock and grounds, sixty-five dollars for rewiring chapel, two hundred five dollars for rewiring cells, six hundred dollars for convict kitchen, and one thousand five hundred dollars for water supply: Provided, That if the Proviso as to amount designated in this section for any one of the purposes funds. stated be insufficient to complete the work or purchase, any surplus remaining after the completion of the other work or purchase specified in this section may, by obtaining the consent of the State Board of Corrections and Charities and Auditor General in writing before any expense in excess of the specified appropriation is incurred, be used in the amount. or accounts where such deficiency seems unavoidable, the intent of this proviso being to make the entire fourteen thou

transfer of

sand eight hundred eleven dollars available for the purposes stated herein if in the judgment of the State Board of Corrections and Charities and Auditor General it is deemed advisable to make the transfers for which provision is hereby Further proviso. made: Provided further, That the board of control may obtain money under this section before July one, nineteen hundred five, in such amounts as they may by requisition certify. to the Auditor General are necessary for immediate use, which amounts thus advanced shall be deducted from the total amount appropriated when the appropriation becomes available.

How paid.

Amount to be incorporated in state tax.

SEC. 2. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the State treasury to the warden of the State House of Correction and Branch Prison, Upper Peninsula, at such times and in such amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe and the disbursing officer shall render his accounts to the Auditor General thereunder.

SEC. 3. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax for the year nineteen hundred five, the sum of fourteen thousand eight hundred eleven dollars, which when collected shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby appropriated.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved June 1, 1905.

Section amended.

Policy to specify
sum promised
as payment.

[No. 153.]

AN ACT to amend section fifteen of act two hundred sixtynine of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of co-operative associations having for their object the insurance of the lives of horses, cattle and other farm stock," the same being section seven thousand three hundred eighty-nine of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section fifteen of act two hundred sixty-nine of the public acts of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of co-operative associations having for their object the insurance of the lives of horses, cattle and other farm stock," the same being section seven thousand three hundred eighty-nine of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is amended so as to read as follows:

SEC. 15. Every policy or certificate, hereafter issued by any corporation organized in this State and doing business.